Spring-support for furniture.



Y Patented lulv I, i902 F. E. EWLES.

SPRING SUPPORT FOR FURNITURE.

(No Model.)

(Application led Jan. 23, 1902.)

me Noun vwith ease and security,

' UNITED STATs-y PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK nnwLns, or

MEDINA, NE-W YORK.

SPRING-SUPPORT FOR FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming .parser Letters Patent Nef 703,776, dated July 1,1902. Appiitaiion nea January' 23,1902. Seraing. 90.932. (No model.)

T0 ctZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. EwLEs, a citizen of the United States,residing 'atMedina, in the county of Orleans and StateofY New York, haveinvented'new and useful Improvements in Spring-Supports for Furniture;and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled intheart to which it appertains to make and use the same. y

My invention relates to an improvement in spring-supports for furniture,and more particularly to the means for connecting the convolute springswith the supports secured to the framework.

The object of this invention is to provide a connection for the springswhich is simple and durable in construction, which permits the springsto be attached to,.their.suppor.ts andwhich whenV the Weight is appliedto the support tendsto more eifectually clamp the springs and secure-thesame to the supports.

As will be apparent from the following description, the invention isalso applicable to carriage and car seats, mattresses, and all articleshaving coil-springs designed to be secured to a support.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel details ofconstruction and combination and arrangement of parts, aswill behereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to Ythe drawings, Figure 1 isa top plan view of a chair-seatframe having the herein-described improvement attached i thereto. Fig. 2is a vertical section taken on line Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlargedperspective view of a portion of one of the wire supports having oneofthe convolute springs connectedtherewith. Fig. 4 is a verticalsection, on an enlarged scale, takenron line y y,

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts in the severalfgures.

The numeral 1 designates the chair-seat frame, which may be of anysuitable form or construction. Secured 'to-this frame are the wiresupports 2, which consist of a horizon- ,axis of the spring.

tally-disposed center portion 3, preferably positionedr below the planeof the chairseat frame, and` upwardly-inclined end vportions 4 at eitherend, which terminate in hooks 5, embeddedin the seat-frame for securelyfastening the supports vthereto. Between its ends, at such points whereit is desired to secure the convolut'e springs forming the cushion, Icoil the wire upwardly above its longitudinal axis intoY an eye G,continuing the coil to form a second eye 7, which is disposed uona'vertical plane With'the eye 6 and below the longitudinal axis ofthewire. The wire is thus provided with a double eye defining the figure8, and inl these eyes the small end of the convolute springs is secured.4 The springs 9 are of the ordinary form usually employed inupholstering, having'their upper coilglO largest andtlie coils graduallyreduced in diameter-downwardly, with the smallest or lower coil 11terminatingin a diametrically-,disposed extension 12, crossing the Vhenconnecting the spring to the wire support, the diametricallydisposedextension 12 is passed through the upper eye 6 as far as permissible.The projecting end is thenbent into the form of a hook 13 and the endthereof passed through the lower eye 7.' A very simple connection i isth'us formed, which is easily manipulated and Which-is elfectual in theperformance of all its functions.

AThe upper ends of the springs are preferablyI connected together and tothe framework by cords 14, the cushioning, of course, beinglbuilt upfrom this point, as is common in' upholsterin g. I

It. is evident that with the construction shown the'liability of thesprings becoming detached from the supports is entirely obviated, `asthe connection lwill notpermit their turning, and the Weightof a personWillcause the supports to sag slightly, Which Willclose up the eyes 6and `7, in which-thesprings are held, and clamp the same more securely..After the eyes-have closed around the springs and become set there isno further liability of sagging,'and the cushion will under allconditions of usage retain its proper shape.

' Having thus described niyinvention, what I claim is#- 1. In aspring-seat, the combination of a IOO l support having an eye extendingabove and to enterone eye from one side of said support l and the othereye from the opposite side of the saine, substantially asset forth.

3. In a spring-seat, the combination of a wire support having an eyeabove and an eye below its longitudinal axis, and a spring having itslower end terlninatin g in` a hook which enters the upper eye from oneside and the v ing Witnesses.

lower eye from the opposite side ofsavid sup-y port, substantially asset forth'. y

4. In a spring-seat, the combination of a support composed of wire bentupon itself to form an eye above and an eye below its 1ongitudinal axis,and a spring having a hook at its lower end disposed diametrieally toCross the axis of the saine,said hook passing through the upper leyefrom one side of the support and through the lower eye from the oppositeside thereof, substantially as set forth;

specification in the presence of two'subsorib- FRA-NK E. EwLEs.y

Vitnessesi v@eliminas A. SHERwooD, ALONZO L. WHITNEY.

t s In testimony whereof I have signed thisv

